hypoexcitability

noun

Less than usual excitability

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Meanings

nounhypoexcitability (uncountable)
  1. uncountableLess than usual excitability

    It is possible that hypoexcitability of spinal or cortical motor neurons could be compensated for by increased drive to the corticospinal motor neuron from upstream motor regions.

    2016 February 10, “Cortical Mechanisms of Central Fatigue and Sense of Effort”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From hypo- + excitability.

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